Definition of Economics

1. Noun. The branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management.


Definition of Economics

1. n. The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.

Definition of Economics

1. Noun. (context: social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production. ¹

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Definition of Economics

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Medical Definition of Economics

1. 1. The science of household affairs, or of domestic management. 2. Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, under Political. "In politics and economics." Origin: Gr, equiv. To. (10 Nov 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Economics

economic refugee
economic rent
economic science
economic sector
economic strangulation
economic system
economic theory
economic value
economic value of life
economical
economical with the truth
economically
economicalness
economick
economicly
economics (current term)
economics department
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economies
economies of scale
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economisations
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economises
economising
economism
economist
economists

Literary usage of Economics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Economic Motives: A Study in the Psychological Foundations of Economic by Zenas Clark Dickinson (1922)
"While we are interested primarily in that part of the discussion which has significance for economics, yet it seems possible that our analysis may be ..."

2. Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting by American Economic Association (1917)
"THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW IN economics ANNUAL. ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT THOMAS N. ... The economics of consumers' happiness is one thing; the economics of ..."

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